Thursday, April 16, 2015

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, April 16, 2015

1. Heroes (remix) - Alesso featuring Tove Lo
2. Rather Be - Clean Bandits
3. Shower (remix) - Becky G featuring Tyga
4. Adios (remix) - Ricky Martin
5. Good Time Gangnam Style - DJ Dan Mei featuring Psy, Alex Clare, Nicki Minaj, Ram Jam, Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
6. Booty - Jennifer Lopez featuring Iggy Azalea
7. The Monster - Eminem featuring Rihanna
8. Think About You (remix) - Jade Starling
9. 50 Ways To Say Goodbye - Train
10. Voices Of Babylon - The Outfield
11. The Writing's On The Wall - OK Go
12. Who You Are - Jessie J

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, April 15, 2015

1. Sissy That Walk (video) - Rupaul
2. B!#@$ Better Have My Money (video) - Rihanna
3. Everybody (video) - Backstreet Boys
4. Dark Horse (video) - Katy Perry
5. Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson
6. Free Your Mind - En Vogue
7. Don't - Ed Sheeran
8. Take Me To Church (remix) - Hozier
9. The Heart Wants What It Wants (remix) - Selena Gomez
10. Time Or Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
11. FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna featuring Kanye West & Paul McCartney
12. I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me - Expose
13. Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams

#totalrequestride. Not to be confused with Carson Daly's former hit show, Total Request Live. But just as important and influential, no doubt! Each week, we start class off with some fun and high-energy videos to help you get your heart rate up. To also help you get the edges of your mouth up...into a smile! For all the talk about intensity, challenges, hard work and pain, I still like to create a Ride that allows you to have fun! Who said that it was impossible to get the changes in your body that you work so hard for without smiling, laughing and having fun while doing it?!?! Nobody! So come join us every Wednesday at 9:30am at Crunch Fitness - Sunset. Get to class. Work hard. Make positive changes. Have fun! Tweet your favorite song or video to @crunchgym followed by the hashtage #totalrequestride. The top 3 videos each week will be played in Crunches across the country. (And if you Ride with me here at Crunch Fitness - Sunset, then also include #ridewithtommy or retweet your requests to @ridewithtommy so that I can be sure to include your requests even if it doesn't make it into the national top 3!) Sound like fun? Then let's just do it! See you next Wednesday! In good health, tommy

Monday, April 13, 2015

Track List - Threshold Ride, Monday, April 13, 2015

1. Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett & Goon Rock
2. Crazy In Love - Beyonce' featuring Jay-Z
3. I Lived ([RED] Remix) - OneRepublic
4. Living For Love (Dj Paulo & Jackinsky dub mix) - Madonna
5. Lips Are Movin - Meghan Trainor
6. Style - Taylor Swift
7. Heartbeat Song (Dirty Pop Deconstruction remix) - Kelly Clarkson
8. California (There Is No End To Love) - U2
9. Clocks (remix) - Coldplay
10. Happy - Pharrell Williams
11. The Scientist More Than Words (mashup) - DJ Mighty Mike featuring Coldplay & Extreme
12. Love Story vs. Viva La Vida (acoustic mashup) - Taylor Swift vs. Coldplay

The new Threshold Ride. We have been offering this new class here at Crunch Fitness - Sunset for only 3 months. Already, I have received so many comments on how the class has transformed the way people Ride and workout. So many people have stopped me and told me how the Threshold Ride really makes them work harder, how seeing the different colors of the percentage zones as well as the numbers themselves provides extra motivation, inspiration and knowledge to commit and focus and truly feel the work AND the results! And that's really what it is all about. No matter how much I, as the instructor, stress proper form, resistance levels, various paces, fun and high energy music, it really boils down to leaving class knowing that you did the best you could and obtained at least some of the results that you entered the class hoping to achieve. So when I see you next time in class, remember to enter the room with goals, a positive attitude and the willingness to grow in both strength and knowledge both personally and as part of a group in a class that provides cutting edge technology and an even better way to monitor your own fitness, workouts and changes! In good health! tommy
#thresholdride #crunchgym #ridewithtommy #spin #spinning #indoorcycling #fit

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Track List - Threshold Ride, Saturday, April 11, 2015

1. Sugar (remix) - Maroon 5
2. Black Widow - Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora
3. Sexercize - Kylie Minogue
4. Call On Me - Eric Prydz
5. 7/11 (remix) - Beyonce'
6. I Kissed A Girl (remix) - Katy Perry
7. F For You - Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
8. Lose Control - Missy Elliott
9. Geronimo (remix) - Sheppard
10. What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)(remix) - Kelly Clarkson
11. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
12. Prayer In C - Lilli Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz
13. Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd

Amazing class this morning! Thanks to everyone for your commitment, focus and energy! We rode over 325 miles! Threshold Ride. Set your Threshold. Work hard to meet and/or exceed it! You can do it! Just do it! Yes we can! Crunch Fitness - Sunset​ CRUNCH​ #spin #spinning #indoorcycling #fit

Thursday, April 09, 2015

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, April 9, 2015

1. Sugar (remix) - Maroon 5
2. Black Widow - Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora
3. Sexercize - Kylie Minogue
4. Call On Me - Eric Prydz
5. 7/11 (remix) - Beyonce'
6. I Kissed A Girl (remix) - Katy Perry
7. F For You - Disclosure featuring Mary J. Blige
8. Lose Control - Missy Elliott
9. Geronimo (remix) - Sheppard
10. What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)(remix) - Kelly Clarkson
11. Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran
12. Prayer In C - Lilli Wood & The Prick and Robin Schulz
13. Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, April 8, 2015

1. Booty - Jennifer Lopez featuring Iggy Azalea
2. Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy
3. Material Girl - Madonna
4. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
5. Womanizer - Britney Spears
6. Praise You - Fatboy Slim
7. Soakin' Wet - Steve Grand
8. One Hot Mess (remix) - Malea
9. Ready To Go - Republica
10. Praise You (Maribou State chill remix) - Fatboy Slim
11. Time - Steve Grand
12. Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd

Well, we didn't have the video capacity working in class yesterday morning, but we still had a great Ride! Thanks to everyone who made it to class and was a part of 45 minutes of hard work, intensity, commitment, sweat and fun! It takes commitment to make a change. To work toward something that you truly want to achieve. In class, I encourage that commitment. Commitment to proper form. Commitment to the work. Commitment to the workout as I have designed it so that you get the most out of everything that you do. So that you create a positive energy that fills up the room. That pushes and challenges you. That encourages and supports the people around you. So that everyone has the best Ride possible. The most efficient Ride. The most effective Ride. The most productive. The safest. Committing to what I call the three basics: 1) proper form, 2) pace and 3) resistance. Of those 3, form is the most important. As you commit to the best form possible, you insure yourself of a Ride where every little thing you do can make a big difference. A Ride that will move you closer to obtaining results. A Ride that will allow you to work efficiently. In other words, proper form will allow you to work safely while working as hard as you can instead of riding with improper form which can lead to injury immediately or over a period of time. I spend a lot of time talking about proper form and the need to commit to form, pace and resistance. And I want you to work as intensely as you can, no, more than you thought you could! More than you thought possible! And I want you to have fun! Yes, have fun while working so hard that the time in class flies by! So that you leave class confident that you did all that you could to the best of your ability. And that you definitely made a change. A positive change. A change in your mental and physical well-being. In the way you think of yourself. In the way that you see the world around you. Wow. All of that can happen in a spin class? Yes it can. So let's do it! Come join me in the Ride with Tommy! And be sure to check out the track list for this morning's Sexy Spin as well! In good health!

Saturday, April 04, 2015

Track List - Threshold Ride, Saturday, April 4, 2015

1. Dark Horse - Katy Perry featuring Juicy J
2. 7/11 - Beyonce (video)
3. Happy - Pharrell Williams
4. Clocks (remix) - Coldplay
5. Work B!#@h - Britney Spears
6. Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd (video)
7. Give Me Everything - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer (video)
8. California (There Is No End To Love) - U2
9. Uptown Funk (remix) - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
10. Numb - Linkin Park
11. Best Song Ever (remix) - One Direction
12. I Don't Mind (remix) - Usher featuring Juicy J
13. Geronimo (remix) - Sheppard

Whew! This week has been a busy one! And hopefully busy in a good way! I hope that all that has been going on has resulted in you obtaining more results than ever! Here is the track list for this morning's Threshold Ride, but please visit my website for track lists for this past Wednesday's #totalrequestride and this past Thursday's Sexy Spin! Thank you all so much for being there and being a part of the Ride with Tommy! Thanks for supporting all the new classes that we are offering here at Crunch! Thanks for working so hard and focusing on the work to get more done while you are in class! It's really quite simple. All you really have to do is get to class, focus on the basics (form, pace and resistance), commit to any additional movements we make to increase your heartrate and the challenge, take advantage of the technology that can make a class that much more different and fun (Threshold Ride, #totalrequestride, etc.) and you will find yourself making a difference! A difference in your body. A difference in both your mental and physical health and well-being. A difference in the way you look. A difference in the way you feel. A difference in the way your workout. If you have already been a part of the Ride with Tommy!, then, again, I thank you! If you haven't, come join us! See what all the buzz is about! See what a difference you can make! Hope to see you soon! Until then, in good health! tommy

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, April 2, 2015

1. Buttons (remix) - Pussycat Dolls
2. Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
3. Toxic - Britney Spears
4. Free Your Mind - En Vogue
5. Heartbeat Song - Kelly Clarkson
6. Don't - Ed Sheeran
7. Let Me Be The One - Expose
8. Take Me To Church (remix) - Hozier
9. The Heart Wants What It Wants (remix) - Selena Gomez
10. Time Or Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
11. FourFiveSeconds - Rihanna featuring Kanye West & Paul McCartney
12. I'll Never Get Over You Getting Over Me - Expose
13. Save The Best For Last - Vanessa Williams

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, April 1, 2015

1. Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson
2. Gimmie Dat – Ciara
3. Sugar – Maroon 5
4. Timber - Pitbull featuring Ke$ha
5. Style (remix) - Taylor Swift
6. Right Here, Right Now (remix) - Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue
7. Chains - Nick Jonas
8. Speed Demon (remix) - Michael Jackson
9. Uptown Funk (remix) - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
10. FourFiveSeconds (remix) - Rihanna featuring Kanye West & Paul McCartney
11. Ti Amo - Laura Brannigan
12. It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Celine Dion

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Track List - Saturday, March 28, 2015 (Special Double Back-to-Back Rides at 9:45am & 11:00am!)

9:45AM:

1. Weekend - Janet Jackson
2. All I Wanna Do - T. Mills
3. Life In A Northern Town (remix) - Dream Academy vs. Dario G
4. Melt With You - Modern English
5. We Can't Stop (remix) - Miley Cyrus
6. Molly - Cedric Gervais
7. The Miracle (Of Joey Ramone) - U2
8. Rocket Man (remix) - Elton John
9. Secrets (remix) - Mary Lambert
10. I Melt With You - Modern English
11. Don't Tell Me We Can't Stop (live mashup) - Madonna & Miley Cyrus
12. Life In A Northern Town - Dream Academy

11:00AM:

1. Jam - Michael Jackson
2. I Say Nothing - Voice Of The Beehive
3. Living For Love (remix) - Madonna
4. Sing (remix) - Annie Lennox
5. Stuck on A Feeling - Prince Royce featuring Snoop Dogg
6. She Knows - Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J
7. Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes
8. Blank Space (remix) - Taylor Swift
9. When Love Takes Over - David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
10. Wrapped Up (remix) - Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
11. Earned It (from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack) - The Weeknd
12. Divine Sorrow - Wyclef Jean featuring Avicii

Thanks to all for riding with me this morning! In either one or both of the classes! Hopefully you learned a little more about how your body reacts to changes in the workout, increases in intensity, and by being in control to make a differend! You can do it! If you didn't know that before, now you do! Have a great weekend! In good health, tommy

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, March 26, 2015

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
2. Numb - Linkin Park
3. I Don't Mind (remix) - Usher featuring Juicy J
4. Geronimo (remix) - Sheppard
5. Uptown Funk (remix) - Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars
6. Best Song Ever (remix) - One Direction
7. Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes
8. Blank Space (remix) - Taylor Swift
9. When Love Takes Over - David Guetta featuring Kelly Rowland
10. Wrapped Up (remix) - Olly Murs featuring Travie McCoy
11. Earned It (from the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack) - The Weeknd
12. Divine Sorrow - Wyclef Jean featuring Avicii

And this morning was definitely a Sexy Spin! Thanks to all of you that participated in class and in bringing your early morning sexiness to a Ride that helped riders create change! That helped riders move closer to reaching their goals! That helped everyone get through an early morning workout while having a lot of fun pushing, moving and challenging to fun, motivational music! You all rock! You all just did it! You all are everything! Let's do it all again next week! @crunchgym Crunch Fitness - Sunset​ #sexyspin #ridewithtommy #spin #indoorcycling #fitfam

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, March 25, 2015

1. Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul
2. Get Your Freak On - Missy Elliott
3. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
4. Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor
5. Time Of Our Lives (remix) - Paul Van Dyk
6. She Knows - Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J
7. I Don't Mind (remix) - Usher featuring Juicy J
8. I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Right Here, Right Now (remix) - Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue
10. I Like You (remix) - Tony Moran featuring Debby Holiday
11. Blowing Kisses In The Wind - Paula Abdul
12. Without You (cover of Usher) - Max Schneider & Kurt Schneider

Though we had technical difficulties preventing us from playing videos, we had no difficulties getting our workout on and making some positive changes by committing to the basics along with some additional fun and challenging movements all set to fun, motivating and inspirational music! Thanks to everyone who was there and worked so hard! Let's do this again with moving pictures next week. So get ready to "Sissy That Walk"...or that ride! @crunchgym @Crunch Fitness - Sunset ‪#‎ridewithtommy‬ ‪#‎spin‬ ‪#‎indoorcycling‬ ‪#‎fitfam‬ #totalrequestride

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Subs for The Ride with Tommy! Wednesday, March 18 - Saturday, March 21, 2015

I will not be teaching classes the rest of this week, but I am leaving you all in the very capable hands of two amazing instructors:

Wednesday, March 18, 9:30am - Christina Fulton
Thursday, March 19, 7:00am - Dani Brian Dennison
Friday, March 20, 9:30am - Christina Fulton
Saturday, March 21, 9:45am - Christina Fulton

Thanks to these awesome instructors for helping cover these classes while I am out!

These will all be regular Rides. We will be back to the regular schedule upon my return on Monday, March 23rd with the next Threshold Ride!

I hope to see you then!

In good health,

tommy

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Guy B. to sub this morning's Threshold Ride! Saturday, March 14, 2015

Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out yesterday that I have a friend's memorial service in San Diego. I was hoping to be able to leave after class, but I wouldn't make it in time. Thanks to Guy B. for subbing for me and for taking the time to learn the newest class here at Crunch! I hope everyone has a great class, and I'll see you on Monday at 9:30am for the next Threshold Ride!

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, March 12, 2015

1. Booty - Jennifer Lopez featuring Iggy Azalea
2. Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy
3. Material Girl - Madonna
4. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
5. Womanizer - Britney Spears
6. Praise You - Fatboy Slim
7. Soakin' Wet - Steve Grand
8. One Hot Mess (remix) - Malea
9. Ready To Go - Republica
10. Praise You (Maribou State chill remix) - Fatboy Slim
11. Time - Steve Grand
12. Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, March 11, 2015

1. Booty - Jennifer Lopez featuring Iggy Azalea
2. Mo Money Mo Problems - The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy
3. Material Girl - Madonna
4. Animal - Neon Trees
5. Womanizer - Britney Spears
6. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
7. Praise You - Fatboy Slim
8. Soakin' Wet - Steve Grand
9. One Hot Mess (remix) - Malea
10. Praise You (Maribou State chill remix) - Fatboy Slim
11. Time - Steve Grand
12. Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande featuring The Weeknd

This morning's #totalrequestride was full of videos! We usually play just 3, but this morning we doubled our fun and played 6! So for those that LOVE the videos, "Yay!" For those that don't really care for the videos that much, "Well, I'm sorry." The 3 top requested videos submitted to @crunchgym and #totalrequestride, were Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money Mo Problems", Madonna's "Material Girl", and Pitbull's "Time Of Our Lives". I also had Crunch Fitness - Sunset rider, Glenn, request Neon Trees' "Animal" and Britney Spears' "Womanizer", both great songs and videos. Crunch Fitness - Sunset rider, Jefferson, submitted several requests a couple of weeks ago for cool downs. This morning, we played the Maribou State remix of Fatboy Slim's "Praise You", which made me think of how much I love the original version as a great jog. Thus, we here the original in class as well! I also want to mention that a hot new artist, Steve Grand, is about to release his debut album. You probably know him from all the news that surrounded the release of the video for his single, "All-American Boy". Back on the July 4th weekend in 2013, Steve's video hit Youtube and became an instant sensation. He was labeled the first "out" gay country artist, though he didn't really fit into any labels at all, not really country, and like so many of us, not just "gay" but so much more! Well, after almost 2 years of work on his album, the time has finally come! For his Kickstarter backers, we were able to download his album a couple of weeks ago. I couldn't wait to play some of his amazing music. His album is available for pre-order on iTunes now! And it is already #14 on iTunes alongside Madonna, Kelly Clarkson (who has the Number 1 album on Billboard this week!), Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, etc. This is all so exciting! So check him out if you haven't already. And thanks to everyone who joined us in this morning's #totalrequestride. Be sure to tweet your requests to @crunchgym followed by the hashtag, #totalrequestride, for next weeks class! Can't wait to see you then! In good health, tommy

Track List - Sexy Spin, Thursday, March 5, 2015

1. Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul
2. Get Your Freak On - Missy Elliott
3. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
4. Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor
5. Time Of Our Lives (remix) - Paul Van Dyk
6. She Knows - Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J
7. I Don't Mind (remix) - Usher featuring Juicy J
8. I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Right Here, Right Now (remix) - Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue
10. I Like You (remix) - Tony Moran featuring Debby Holiday
11. Blowing Kisses In The Wind - Paula Abdul
12. Without You (cover of Usher) - Max Schneider & Kurt Schneider

Track List - #totalrequestride, Wednesday, March 4, 2015

1. Cold Hearted - Paula Abdul
2. Get Your Freak On - Missy Elliott
3. Time Of Our Lives - Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo
4. Lips Are Movin' - Meghan Trainor
5. Time Of Our Lives (remix) - Paul Van Dyk
6. She Knows - Ne-Yo featuring Juicy J
7. I Don't Mind (remix) - Usher featuring Juicy J
8. I Really Like You - Carly Rae Jepsen
9. Right Here, Right Now (remix) - Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue
10. I Like You (remix) - Tony Moran featuring Debby Holiday
11. Blowing Kisses In The Wind - Paula Abdul
12. Without You (cover of Usher) - Max Schneider & Kurt Schneider

Track List - CHARITY THRESHOLD RIDE, Saturday, February 28, 2015

1. Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' - Michael Jackson
2. Numb - Linkin Park
3. I Don't Mind (remix) - Usher featuring Juicy J
4. Geronimo (remix) - Sheppard
5. Best Song Ever (remix) - One Direction

Today, we had one of the all too rare occasions where Crunch Fitness - Sunset had a very special class to help raise awareness and funds for an amazing cause, Augie's Quest. This is an organization that Crunch has teamed up with for several years now to raise much needed money to help fight and hopefully find a cure for ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. Members were asked to visit a special website created just for this partnership, http://www.loveyourmuscles.com to reserve a spot in class. Each reservation required a $35.00 donation, 100% of which went directly to Augie's Quest! I was fortunate enough to be one of the 3 instructors that led this class as a team. I worked with the amazing Amy Rollman and Matt Conrad! We each taught for 25 minutes (hence my shortened track list above!) for a total of a very special 75-minute class! It was awesome! We had a great time putting this together, and I believe everyone who showed up and took part in such an amazing event, left feeling thoroughly exhausted from the work out and/yet uplifted and positive due to the great cause that was the reason for the occasion to begin with!